OVERSEA CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1940, Page 1

OVERSEA CABLE NEWS

Syria Nears Climax. Tempers in Syria are boiling up, and the situation appears to be nearing a climax. Berlin Raided. For the first time for a week Berlin was raided, while British bombers also •struck at German invasion bases. Agreement at Hanoi. Japan and Indo-China have reached an agreement allowing the Japanese entry of garrison troops and aerodrome rights. Nazis in Uruguay Chargcd. Eight Nazi leaders in Uruguay will be tried by the Supreme Court on charges of conspiring against Uruguay s sovereignty. , Italians Shelled. British warships have again bombarded Italian positions on the North African coast, with results officially described as "good." Unrest in French Africa, As a result of the free French movement incidents are occurring throughout French Africa, a Vichy Government spokesman admitted. "Bomb Saies." "Bomb saies," for which hundreds of shop girls in Oxford Street have been preparing, will be a feature of London's fashion centre this autumn. Kaids on Norway. Increasing British raids have been directed at northern Norway as a result of the growing number of German troops who have been sent there. Nazi Weapon Blunted. Just as Nazi mass air attacks failed and the endeavour to produce intemal discord met with no success, so does it apear that the weapon of terror is blunting its own edge.